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hill definition

hill (hil)

noun

  1. a natural raised part of the earth's surface, often rounded and smaller than a mountain
  2. a small pile, heap, or mound an anthill
    1. a small mound of soil heaped over or around plants and tubers a hill of potatoes
    2. the plant or plants rooted in such a mound

Etymology: ME < OE hyll, akin to MDu hille < IE base *kel-, to project, rise high > L collis, hill, Gr kolophōn, peak

transitive verb

  1. to shape into or like a hill
  2. to cover with a hill (sense )

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hill Idioms

over the hill

Informal
  1. absent without permission; AWOL
  2. in one's decline

the Hill

Hill definition

Hill (hil)

Hill, James Jerome 1838-1916; U.S. railroad magnate & financier, born in Canada

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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